The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-03
PROSECUTED UTES.
The Real Status Of the Recent
Indian Troubles in Colorado.
Redskins Who Did Not Want
to Fight But Were RemOrse-
lessly Pursued--A Reign
of Indian TerrOr--The
Utes' Blood Now Up.


DENVER, Colo, Aug. 31.-Stanlcy
Stokes, who is Oh the staff of State
Adjt. Gen. West, has made u journey
to the Ouray and Uintah reservations
In Utah. lie. was with the State
troops at the Prangley fight. In his
letter dated August 27, which gives
the Indian version Of the trouble, he
says:
accompanied by guide left the
Government troops, who were holding
the Utes in check. A detour was
made of the hostile camp without mis-
hap or accident. Tho approach to the
agency ia along the Government road,
running for miles on the top Of a di-
vide extending north and south, cov-
cred with a growth of stunted ccdars,
and thence down the east bank OF
Green river ior distance of ten miles.
Around the agency more than 1000
ponies and young colts were grazing
among the trees, and scattered here
and there were squaws and children
sitting OH the ground and gathered
about the old agency buildings. There
also were number of old squaws
wailing III the vicinity of the old
buildings, and their wailings were
sharp and piercing, and not unlike the
howl of the coyote.
"They are oil mourning the loss of
their relatives killed iu BATTLE" re-
marked the scout.
INDIANS WILD With APPREHENSION.
Crossing the river on the Govern
ments terryboat VIC were met by
Mr.. Stephen Dole, the clerk in charge,
who explained in moment that the
situation had been very serious, and
only for the presence Of United
States troops, the employees would
have been compelled to abandon the
agency. They have been almost crazy
for several days, remarked an employee
and have had a string of couriers run
ming between the agency and Color
ow's camp for about ten days. On
further interrogations ! gathered the
following information
at was more than two weeks
ago that Ecny Colorow came in and
reported that the Colorow camp had
been fired upon by party OF whites,
and about the sane time another In
dian came in and reported the attack,
as we suppose, of the Game Warden
upon another camp. Ecny also re-
ported the burning of McCooks, or a
part of it, McCook was there then and
his squaws at his camp. AT their
earnest appeal the agent sent Johnny
McAndrews, the chief herder, with
four of them to Meeker to ascertain
the cause OF attack. Some twelve or
fifteen accompanied the party aud
we supposed here that matters would
be settled. Wass, Santee and Char
ley Shavenaux, three very intelligent
Indians, were in the party, and they
are well acquainted with the people
at Meeker and along the river. About
five days after the peace party left
here courier returned and stated
that the whites upon the river were
breaking out aud gone on the war
path; that armed bands of men
are hunting through the mountains
for Indians. Santee, one of the peace
party, retul ned the same day and said
that in Meeker they were treated with
much contempt, and oil the white
men heap mad THAT the sheriff had
said In their presence that they would
be in d-d big luck to get out of
town alive.
KENDALL TRYING TO Kill HIM.
This frightened them, and while
they were assured by some men that
Colorow would be given three days in
which to leave unmolested, they had
no confidence in the treaty; that Col
GROW was trying to get back to the
reservation; that progress was slow
because there were four Indians